Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-07 Thread Samuel Thibault
Gaijin, le Tue 07 Sep 2010 09:14:35 -0700, a écrit : > On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 06:53:11PM +1000, Jason White wrote: > > ...but I don't have any insight into where people would be > > most likely to search for this kind of information. > > The Debian Reference? I know it doesn't show up easi

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-07 Thread Gaijin
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:11:29AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > ...but we should probably put them in a more well-known place. I'm of the opinion it should be in the man pages on the system, in case there is no internet connectivity, because when you're trying to figure out how to con

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-07 Thread Gaijin
On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 06:53:11PM +1000, Jason White wrote: > ...but I don't have any insight into where people would be > most likely to search for this kind of information. The Debian Reference? I know it doesn't show up easily in an apropos search while searching for "columns" or "wi

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-07 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jason White, le Tue 07 Sep 2010 18:53:11 +1000, a écrit : > There is some documentation in setupcon(1) and the README file of the package, > as well as in the configuration file itself. > This is only useful, however, to those who already know where to look > for it. That's what I mean, yes. > T

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-07 Thread Jason White
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Mario Lang, le Mon 06 Sep 2010 09:59:48 +0200, a écrit : > > Put something like the following in /etc/default/console-setup: > > > > FONTFACE="Terminus" > > FONTSIZE="32x16" > > I'm wondering where this kind of debian-only configuration tunes should > be documented. The

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Mario Lang, le Mon 06 Sep 2010 09:59:48 +0200, a écrit : > Put something like the following in /etc/default/console-setup: > > FONTFACE="Terminus" > FONTSIZE="32x16" I'm wondering where this kind of debian-only configuration tunes should be documented. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-06 Thread Samuel Thibault
Mario Lang, le Mon 06 Sep 2010 09:59:48 +0200, a écrit : > Jason White writes: > > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > >> Done. I'm cloning this bug to keep the "console-setup should be able to > >> select the font size according to SCREEN_WIDTH/HEIGHT" part. > > > > To what extent, if at all, would

Large console fonts for low-vision

2010-09-06 Thread Mario Lang
Jason White writes: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > >> Done. I'm cloning this bug to keep the "console-setup should be able to >> select the font size according to SCREEN_WIDTH/HEIGHT" part. > > To what extent, if at all, would this help vision-impaired users who require > large fonts? They should